Tag: space investing

Future Tech • October 12, 2026

Blue Origin Wants to Go Public. Its Real Challenge Is Proving It Can Scale.

Jeff Bezos has spent 26 years building a space company with the financial patience of a billionaire and the ambitions of a national space program. Now Blue Origin is preparing for something that could fundamentally change how the business operates: outside shareholders. On October 8, Bezos confirmed that Blue Origin had completed its first external […]

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Future Tech • September 2, 2026

Rocket Lab’s $8 Billion Iridium Deal Is Really About Escaping SpaceX’s Gravity

Rocket Lab has spent years building rockets, spacecraft, satellite components and the infrastructure required to put things into orbit. Now it wants something arguably more valuable: the recurring revenue generated after those things get there. That is the strategic logic behind Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of Iridium Communications, an approximately $8 billion enterprise-value transaction announced […]

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Future Tech • August 18, 2026

The “SpaceX Halo” Is Fading for Smaller Space Stocks

Space has become one of the market’s easiest stories to sell. Rockets land themselves. Satellite constellations multiply. Governments want more orbital infrastructure. And above it all sits SpaceX, the company that turned reusable launch vehicles from science-fiction wallpaper into something approaching industrial routine. The problem starts when investors confuse a great industry story with a […]

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Future Tech • May 29, 2026

Why Intuitive Machines Stock Is Suddenly Moonshotting

Intuitive Machines is having one of those market moments where space stocks stop behaving like industrial companies and start behaving like rocket fuel. Shares of Intuitive Machines, trading under the ticker LUNR, jumped sharply on May 29, with the stock quoted around $45.70, up more than 13% intraday. For a lunar infrastructure company still trying […]

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